Swaths of Lehigh Valley residents checked out the Lehigh Valley Mall and Promenade Saucon Valley for Black Friday deals.

Retailers in the U.S. rewarded shoppers who ventured out for Black Friday with giveaways and bigger-than-expected discounts on a day that still reigns as the much-hyped kickoff of the holiday shopping season despite losing some luster.

Black Friday crowds aren't what they used to be, but shoppers still turned out at brick-and-mortar stores in large numbers this year.

U.S. coffee giant Starbucks has opened a shop at a South Korean observatory, near the Demilitarized Zone and overlooking a North Korean mountain village.

A Starbucks in the South Korean border town of Gimpo is offering tourists a unique attraction: the chance to enjoy coffee with a rare view of the North. Located less than a mile from the border, the Starbucks sits at Aegibong Peace Ecopark,